Mother of Threads

Mother of Threads
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HP	240
Speed	5
Death Armor	2
Resistances
Bleed	40%
Blight	40%
Burn	60%
Stun	60%
Move	50%
Debuff	20%
Low ▪ Medium ▪ High
Other Attributes
Types	Witch
Size	3
Turns	2
Permanent Condition(s)
Combat Start:

The Mother of Threads is the final boss of the Secrets of the Coven module of Darkest Dungeon II.

Description

The Mother of Threads spawns with a Mother's Spitter and in the She Who Weaves personality, shifting personalities every 3 Rounds.

She Who Weaves

• Enables and Negative token effects on skills

She Who Severs

• Increases DMG and enables Pull / Knockback effects on skills

Every personality modifies the skills, increasing DMG or disruption.

Skills

Skill Name	Target	Ranks	DMG	CRIT	Self	Effects
Atropos			8-13	5%	-	If : +16 DMG, Knockback 2 If : 5
Ariadne's Thread	2 Random Targets		6-11	5%		+2 If : +4 DMG, Pull 1 If :
Fate's Measure			4-8	5%	-	If : +3 DMG If :
She Who Weaves	Self		-	-	Remove	Summon Mother's Spitter
She Who Severs	Self		-	-	Remove	Summon Mother's Fungus

Mother's Spitter

Mother's Spitter
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HP	27
Speed	5
Death Armor	2
Resistances
Bleed	30%
Blight	60%
Burn	20%
Stun	40%
Move	20%
Debuff	10%
Low ▪ Medium ▪ High
Other Attributes
Types	Witch
Size	1
Turns	1
Permanent Condition(s)
On Spawn: Forward 3, x2 Ally Behind: Next Attack: Steal 1 Positive token

On Combat Start Mother of Threads spawns with a Mother's Spitter, a stronger version of the regular Spitter. Respawns when She who Weaves

Skills

Skill Name	Target	Ranks	DMG	CRIT	Self	Effects
Bite			8-13	10%	-	Requires Target 3
Spit			6-10	20%	Forward 1	4

Mother's Fungus

Mother's Fungus
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HP	27
Speed	5
Resistances
Bleed	75%
Blight	50%
Burn	10%
Stun	40%
Move	30%
Debuff	10%
Low ▪ Medium ▪ High
Other Attributes
Types	Witch
Size	1
Turns	0
Permanent Condition(s)
On Spawn: Back 3 All Heroes: : -200% Healing Received All Allies: Apply On Hit: Copy

Mother's Spitter gets replaced by Mother's Fungus when shifting personality to She Who Severs. It will passively apply a -200% Healing Received until killed.

Strategy

Mother of Threads will always start the fight in She Who Weaves and with a Mother's Spitter who will apply Daze, Blight and Blind to debuff heroes as well as potentially Stun heroes who have previously been Dazed by the main boss. During this phase of the fight Mother of Threads will apply Burn, Vulnerable and Daze, with Fate's Measure potentially applying Vuln to the entire party. Stacking Debuff and Stun RES before the fight for this phase can be very helpful in preventing too many tokens from being applied. Bringing skills or items that can readily clear negative tokens such as Confessor Vestal's Mantra, Plague Doctors Indiscriminate Science, or Holy Water can help to alleviate the negative tokens that are applied throughout this fight, in particular Confessor's version of Mantra can remove negative tokens from the entire party while healing them. At the end of the third round, Mother of Threads will automatically switch forms to She Who Severs while summoning a Mother's Fungus.

Due to the presence of Mother's Fungus during this phase, the heroes will be unable to heal unless it is dealt with, and depending on the state of the party should be considered a high priority to get rid of as soon as the party is able to. She Who Severs trades the first phases negative token and Burn application for extremely high raw damage and disruption capability, particularly if any Vulnerable tokens from the previous phase are still applied. Due to the Move that this boss gains access to, heroes who can readily reposition mid-fight or can function from a variety of ranks are very useful for this phase. Much like Meat Hook, having a durable frontline for this phase is extremely important, as the extra damage on Atropos alone can put more fragile heroes, and especially anyone with Vulnerable to Deaths Door from almost any health threshold.

Notes and Trivia

• The Mother of Threads only appears at Escalation 3, and the stats on this page have been adjusted accordingly.
• The battle takes place in The Tangle, so all Tangle-specific bonuses apply.
• Unlike the other spiders in the game (including the Mother's Familiar), the Mother's Spitter does not have the Creature tag.
• In the game files, the Mother is named the Matres Sequelae.
• The Mother's moves and overall design refer to the Fates from Greek mythology, three sisters, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who personify destiny.